As for Kendall's original comments, Mayfield chalked it up to him simply being an overly confident freshman.

"I mean, he's a young guy," Mayfield said. "He's going to get caught in the media. He doesn't know how to handle it exactly, yet. His mindset going into it was the fact that we were prepared. We knew exactly what they were going to give us. We thought we should have success.

"But, obviously, like I said, I didn't play the way I should have. I'm happy that he has confidence in it and the way that he's preparing. That just goes to show that we just didn't come out and do what we were told."